To Negotiate Is Not To Do As

If They Want Peace, Nations Should Avoid The Pin-pricks That Precede Cannon Shots.

When You Have Resolved To Fight A Battle, Collect Your Whole Force. Dispense With Nothing. A Single Battalion Sometimes Decides The Day.

Never Interrupt Your Enemy When He Is Making A Mistake.

There Is No Class Of People So Hard To Manage In A State, As Those Whose Intentions Are Honest, But Whose Consciences Are Bewitched.

Hereditary Succession To The Magistracy Is Absurd, As It Tends To Make A Property Of It; It Is Incompatible With The Sovereignty Of The People.